Policy criticism
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Oct 14, 2026 · Posts on X · policy criticism; policy discussion; Education; Families · Source
46%
of statements criticize a policy, in the top tenth of Senate Democrats
46% of 2,596 statements criticize a policy (1,183 statements); the average for Senate Democrats is 37%. Ranks 4th of 45, where 1st is the highest rate.
An AI model reads each of Welch’s posts on X, press releases, Congressional Record speeches and newsletters and marks whether it criticizes a specific policy, law or ruling. The rate is the share of statements marked; it is compared with the average among Senate Democrats and ranked against the same group.
At a glance
6 measures against Senate Democrats. Welch missed 5.8% of 915 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of Senate Democrats (average 97.0%). 6.1% of Welch’s individual money in the 2026 cycle came in gifts of $200 or less, in the bottom tenth of Senate Democrats (median 35%).
The measures on which Welch sits furthest from the middle of Senate Democrats, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.
Policy criticism
46%
Senate Democrats average 37% · ranks 4th of 45
Attendance
94.2%
Senate Democrats average 97.0% · ranks 41st of 45 · 915 roll calls
Small donations, 2026
6.1%
Senate Democrats’ median 35% · ranks 41st of 45
Raised, 2026
$248.8K
Senate Democrats’ median $2.6M · ranks 41st of 45
From Vermont, 2026
21%
Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 30th of 41 Senate Democrats
CSIP ideology
−1.19
Left of 0, the centre of the scale · ± 0.03
Peer group: Senate Democrats. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Welch, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Welch is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).
What Welch says
Welch claims credit less than 64% of Senate Democrats. Credit claiming in 21% of 2,596 statements, against 26% for the average Senate Democrat; 30th of 45.
An AI model reads each of Welch’s 2,596 statements in the 119th Congress (1,812 posts on X, 563 press releases, 189 Congressional Record speeches, 32 newsletters) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for Senate Democrats and ranked among them.
Kinds of statement
Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress
0%80%
Welch
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion2,078 statements
80%
78%
23rd of 45
Policy criticism1,183 statements
46%
37%
4th of 45
Credit claiming533 statements
21%
26%
30th of 45
Bipartisanship465 statements
18%
18%
20th of 45
Personal attacks279 statements
11%
11%
20th of 45
Show the data
| Row | Welch | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Policy discussion | 80% | 78% |
| Policy criticism | 46% | 37% |
| Credit claiming | 21% | 26% |
| Bipartisanship | 18% | 18% |
| Personal attacks | 11% | 11% |
2,596
statements classified
1,812 posts on X, 563 press releases, 189 Congressional Record speeches, 32 newsletters.
Show the data
| Part | Value |
|---|---|
| posts on X | 1,812 |
| press releases | 563 |
| Congressional Record speeches | 189 |
| newsletters | 32 |
How to read the bars
The thick bar is Welch; the thin grey bar is the average Senate Democrats. A longer thick bar means Welch does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.
Extreme labels
Welch used extreme labels in 1.6% of statements, below the peer average. 42 statements, most often aimed at Netanyahu government; peers 2.4%.
- “extreme”14
- “radical”8
- “far right”7
- “MAGA”3
- “communist”2
Who gets the labels
Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements
- Netanyahu government2
- tariffs2
- activists1
- administration1
- Binyamin Netanyahu1
What an extreme label is
Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.
Month by month
Share of statements per month, the 119th Congress
Show the data
| Column | Statements | Personal attacks | Policy criticism | Policy discussion | Bipartisanship | Credit claiming | Extreme labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan ’25 | 131 | 16.0% | 38.9% | 84.7% | 24.4% | 34.4% | 0.8% |
| Feb ’25 | 190 | 31.6% | 46.8% | 74.7% | 17.4% | 16.8% | 3.2% |
| Mar ’25 | 203 | 14.3% | 45.3% | 74.4% | 10.8% | 11.3% | 3.9% |
| Apr ’25 | 216 | 11.1% | 48.1% | 81.0% | 13.9% | 17.1% | 1.8% |
| May ’25 | 120 | 9.2% | 51.7% | 80.0% | 10.0% | 15.0% | 0.8% |
| Jun ’25 | 138 | 5.8% | 62.3% | 76.1% | 8.7% | 8.7% | 0.7% |
| Jul ’25 | 141 | 7.8% | 50.3% | 75.2% | 14.9% | 22.0% | 1.4% |
| Aug ’25 | 64 | 10.9% | 64.1% | 84.4% | 1.6% | 12.5% | 0.0% |
| Sep ’25 | 121 | 5.0% | 50.4% | 63.6% | 15.7% | 13.2% | 2.5% |
| Oct ’25 | 101 | 5.0% | 49.5% | 67.3% | 16.8% | 8.9% | 1.0% |
| Nov ’25 | 127 | 2.4% | 57.5% | 85.0% | 26.8% | 17.3% | 0.0% |
| Dec ’25 | 110 | 8.2% | 38.2% | 87.3% | 25.4% | 33.6% | 0.0% |
| Jan ’26 | 118 | 14.4% | 30.5% | 94.1% | 24.6% | 23.7% | 0.9% |
| Feb ’26 | 91 | 11.0% | 45.1% | 85.7% | 39.6% | 35.2% | 0.0% |
| Mar ’26 | 137 | 5.1% | 56.2% | 81.8% | 21.2% | 22.6% | 2.9% |
| Apr ’26 | 116 | 10.3% | 34.5% | 86.2% | 20.7% | 23.3% | 1.7% |
| May ’26 | 102 | 6.9% | 42.2% | 85.3% | 17.6% | 29.4% | 2.0% |
| Jun ’26 | 120 | 6.7% | 39.2% | 75.8% | 20.8% | 28.3% | 2.5% |
| Jul ’26 | 96 | 9.4% | 33.3% | 87.5% | 20.8% | 31.3% | 2.1% |
| Aug ’26 | 72 | 12.5% | 31.9% | 81.9% | 25.0% | 26.4% | 0.0% |
| Sep ’26 | 63 | 7.9% | 27.0% | 82.5% | 6.3% | 14.3% | 1.6% |
| Oct ’26 | 19 | 5.3% | 26.3% | 79.0% | 5.3% | 15.8% | 0.0% |
How to read the strips
Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the 119th Congress, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%.
In Welch’s words
Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned
Credit claiming
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Oct 9, 2026 · Posts on X · policy criticism; policy discussion; credit claiming; Agriculture and Food; Environmental Protection; Commerce · Source
Extreme label
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Sep 17, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; Armed Forces and National Security; International Affairs; extreme label “extreme” aimed at White House · Source
Examples by category
Up to five recent statements in each category
Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.
Posts on X
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personal attacks · target: TrumpSource
Posts on X
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personal attacks · policy discussion · Government Operations and Politics · Science, Technology, Communications · target: David LevinSource
Congressional Record
Mr. President, this war in Iran absolutely, immediately must end, and it will only end if the person who started it with the unilateral decision to go to war decides to end the war. We in the Senate have voted numerous times to end this war. We can't do it unless we get votes from the other side of the aisle, but it is absolutely disgraceful that the United States is in this war. It was a decision of two men, not of…
personal attacks · policy discussion · bipartisanship · Armed Forces and National Security · International Affairs · Commerce · Energy · Agriculture and Food · target: Donald TrumpSource
Posts on X
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personal attacks · policy discussion · bipartisanship · Government Operations and Politics · target: Corey LewandowskiSource
Posts on X
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personal attacks · policy discussion · Government Operations and Politics · target: TrumpSource
All 2,596 statements
Newest first, the 119th Congress
The full feed
Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 1,812 posts on X, 563 press releases, 189 Congressional Record speeches, 32 newsletters.
Policy
Health is what Welch talks about most: 26% of policy statements. Talk and legislation agree at 0.66 on a 0–1 scale (Senate Democrats average 0.66; 27th of 45).
Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Welch talks about. The bills Welch sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.
What Welch talks about
Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress
0%35%
Welch
Peers
Health547 statements
26%
27%
Government Operations and Politics478 statements
23%
22%
Economics and Public Finance424 statements
20%
24%
International Affairs380 statements
18%
12%
Armed Forces and National Security325 statements
16%
21%
Show the data
| Row | Welch | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 26% | 27% |
| Government Operations and Politics | 23% | 22% |
| Economics and Public Finance | 20% | 24% |
| International Affairs | 18% | 12% |
| Armed Forces and National Security | 16% | 21% |
How to read the bars
The thick bar is the share of Welch’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for Senate Democrats. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.
Talks about · legislates on
Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 35%. Grey ticks are the Senate Democrats averages.
Show the data
| Area | Talks about | Senate Democrats, talks about | Legislates on | Senate Democrats, legislates on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 26% | 27% | 13% | 14% |
| Government Operations and Politics | 23% | 22% | 7% | 9% |
| Economics and Public Finance | 20% | 24% | 0% | 0% |
| International Affairs | 18% | 12% | 11% | 8% |
| Armed Forces and National Security | 16% | 21% | 3% | 7% |
0.66
talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1
Senate Democrats average 0.66. Ranks 27th of 45.
What agreement means, and what it doesn’t
Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Welch legislates on exactly the areas Welch talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Welch sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology
Welch sits at −1.19 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 63% of Senate Democrats. Approximate range −1.22 to −1.17, which understates the uncertainty; from 762 donors and 5,551 roll calls.
CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.
−1.19
CSIP ideal point
Approximate range −1.22 to −1.17. From 762 donors and 5,551 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.
The outlined dot is Welch, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Welch’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.
What this means, and what it doesn’t
The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.
Where Welch sits
Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale
Senate Democrats45 · median −1.1
All Senate98 · median +0.4
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| Group | Officials | Median | Share left of Welch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate Democrats | 45 | −1.1 | 36% |
| All Senate | 98 | +0.4 | 17% |
How to read the strips
Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Welch in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Welch.
Money
Welch raised $248.8K in the 2026 cycle, 9.5% of the Senate Democrats’ median of $2.6M. 6.1% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 21% of itemized individual money came from Vermont.
Campaign money from Federal Election Commission filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only.
$248.8K
raised in the 2026 cycle
From 74 itemized donors. Senate Democrats’ median $2.6M.
Where the money came from
Each square is one percent of 2026-cycle receipts, from FEC summary totals.
- Itemized individual (over $200)30 squares$74.0K
- Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)2 squares$4,841
- PACs and other committees18 squares$45.0K
- Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)50 squares$125.0K
Show the data
| Source | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Itemized individual (over $200) | $74.0K | 29.8% |
| Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less) | $4,841 | 1.9% |
| PACs and other committees | $45.0K | 18.1% |
| Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds) | $125.0K | 50.2% |
What this means, and what it doesn’t
Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind. The small-donor share understates small giving when a campaign itemizes gifts made through ActBlue or WinRed.
Receipts by cycle
Total receipts, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the Senate Democrats’ median for 2026.
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| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| 2020 cycle | $852.1K |
| 2022 cycle | $3.6M |
| 2024 cycle | $299.3K |
| 2026 cycle | $248.8K |
Top donor states, 2026
Itemized contributions by donor state. 21% came from Vermont.
- Massachusetts$17.3K
- Vermont$13.7K
- Illinois$7,500
- Michigan$7,000
- Iowa$3,000
Small donations
Gifts of $200 or less as a share of individual money, by cycle. The thin grey bar is the 2026 Senate Democrats’ median.
0%60%
Welch
Median
2026
6%
35%
2024
12%
35%
2022
11%
35%
2020
0%
35%
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| Row | Welch | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 cycle | 6% | 35% |
| 2024 cycle | 12% | 35% |
| 2022 cycle | 11% | 35% |
| 2020 cycle | 0% | 35% |
Where itemized donors live
Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state
Show the data
| State | Value |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $17.3K |
| Vermont | $13.7K |
| Illinois | $7,500 |
| Michigan | $7,000 |
| Idaho | $3,000 |
| Iowa | $3,000 |
| New York | $2,535 |
| Indiana | $2,500 |
| California | $1,850 |
| Connecticut | $1,150 |
| Florida | $1,020 |
| North Carolina | $1,000 |
| West Virginia | $750 |
| New Jersey | $603 |
| District of Columbia | $600 |
| New Hampshire | $504 |
| Delaware | $450 |
| Ohio | $250 |
| Alaska | No data |
| Maine | No data |
| Washington | No data |
| Montana | No data |
| North Dakota | No data |
| Minnesota | No data |
| Wisconsin | No data |
| Rhode Island | No data |
| Oregon | No data |
| Nevada | No data |
| Wyoming | No data |
| South Dakota | No data |
| Pennsylvania | No data |
| Utah | No data |
| Colorado | No data |
| Nebraska | No data |
| Missouri | No data |
| Kentucky | No data |
| Virginia | No data |
| Maryland | No data |
| Arizona | No data |
| New Mexico | No data |
| Kansas | No data |
| Arkansas | No data |
| Tennessee | No data |
| South Carolina | No data |
| Oklahoma | No data |
| Louisiana | No data |
| Mississippi | No data |
| Alabama | No data |
| Georgia | No data |
| Hawaii | No data |
| Texas | No data |
74
itemized donors
People who gave more than $200
21%
from Vermont
Of itemized individual dollars
How to read the map
Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is Vermont. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.
Donors’ ideology
Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores
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| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CSIP −1.50 to −1.25 | 0.2% |
| CSIP −1.25 to −1.00 | 49% |
| CSIP −1.00 to −0.75 | 20% |
| CSIP −0.75 to −0.50 | 4.6% |
| CSIP −0.50 to −0.25 | 3.1% |
| CSIP −0.25 to 0.00 | 12% |
| CSIP 0.00 to +0.25 | 11% |
How to read the columns
Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Welch’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Welch’s own score is −1.19.
Top donor occupations
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
- UROLOGIST$13.0K 16 donors
- NOT EMPLOYED$8,960 20 donors
- PHYSICIAN$7,750 7 donors
- RETIRED$2,015 3 donors
Top committees
PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.
- AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURING AMERICA PAC)$5,000
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC$5,000
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ENROLLED AGENTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
- NATIONAL ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS PAC/ INTN'L UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS (NEC PAC)$5,000
- CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$4,000
Top employers
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
- COMPREHENSIVE UROLOGY$7,000 7 donors
- PIONEER VALLEY UROLOGY$6,000 6 donors
- IDAHO UROLOGIC INSTITUTE$4,500 6 donors
Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.
Votes
Welch voted with the majority of Senate Democrats on 96.8% of party-line votes and missed 5.8% of 915 roll calls. Senate Democrats on average: 95.3% party unity, 97.0% attendance. Across all roll calls, Welch voted against the majority of Senate Democrats 42 times.
915 roll calls Welch could vote on in the 119th Congress, compared with Senate Democrats. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Welch voted with the majority of Senate Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.
42
votes against the majority of Senate Democrats
Party unity 96.8%, Senate Democrats average 95.3%, ranks 21st of 45. 915 roll calls in the 119th Congress.
Attendance and party unity
The thick bar is Welch, the thin grey bar the Senate Democrats average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.
80%100%
Welch
Peers
Rank
Attendance
94.2%
97.0%
41st of 45
Party unity
96.8%
95.3%
21st of 45
Show the data
| Row | Welch | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 94.2% | 97.0% |
| Party unity | 96.8% | 95.3% |
What this means, and what it doesn’t
A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.
Key votes
25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the 119th Congress
| Party split (yea–nay) | Why it’s key | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | S. 4668 A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes. On Passage of the Bill | Yea | With majority | Bill Passed | D 26–19 · R 50–2 · I 1–1Democrats 26 yea, 19 nay; Republicans 50 yea, 2 nay; Independents 1 yea, 1 nay | party crossover |
| Sep 24, 2026 | H.Con.Res. 89 A concurrent resolution directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran. On the Concurrent Resolution | Yea | With majority | Concurrent Resolution Rejected | D 43–1 · R 4–49 · I 2–0Democrats 43 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 4 yea, 49 nay; Independents 2 yea, 0 nay | close vote |
| Aug 8, 2026 | H.R. 6500 An act making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes. On Passage of the Bill | Yea | With majority | Bill Passed | D 42–3 · R 47–2 · I 1–1Democrats 42 yea, 3 nay; Republicans 47 yea, 2 nay; Independents 1 yea, 1 nay | became law |
| Aug 7, 2026 | H.R. 5334 An act to impose sanctions and other measures with respect to the Russian Federation, as championed by the late Senator Lindsey O. Graham, and for other purposes. On Passage of the Bill | Nay | Against majority | Bill Passed | D 36–9 · R 49–1 · I 1–1Democrats 36 yea, 9 nay; Republicans 49 yea, 1 nay; Independents 1 yea, 1 nay | became law · party crossover |
| Jul 30, 2026 | S.Res. 817 An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. On the Resolution | Nay | With majority | Resolution Agreed to | D 0–45 · R 50–0 · I 0–2Democrats 0 yea, 45 nay; Republicans 50 yea, 0 nay; Independents 0 yea, 2 nay | close vote |
How key votes are chosen
Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.
Votes most often with
The colleagues who voted the same way as Welch most often
- Ron WydenD845 shared votes96%
- Tina SmithD820 shared votes96%
- Patty MurrayD817 shared votes95%
- Tammy BaldwinD859 shared votes95%
- Jeff MerkleyD855 shared votes95%
Votes least often with
The colleagues who voted the same way as Welch least often
- Rick ScottR860 shared votes5.9%
- Ron JohnsonR850 shared votes6.3%
- Tommy TubervilleR802 shared votes6.9%
- Mike LeeR837 shared votes7.0%
- Jim JusticeR823 shared votes7.4%
How to read the agreement lists
The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.
Full voting record
119th Congress (2025–27), loads in batches
Legislation
Welch sponsored 85 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 647 others. 9.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Senate Democrats average 14%; 32nd of 45).
The bills Welch sponsored and cosponsored in the 119th Congress, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.
Bills by stage
Counts for the 119th Congress
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| Role | Introduced | In committee | Passed one chamber | Passed both chambers | Became law |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 85 | 85 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Cosponsored | 647 | 645 | 66 | 4 | 3 |
How to read the blocks
Ink blocks are bills Welch sponsored, ochre blocks bills Welch cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.
9.4%
of sponsored bills got out of committee
Senate Democrats average 14%. Ranks 32nd of 45.
Cosponsorship partners
Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Welch, by number of shared bills in the 119th Congress; the square shows their party.
- Jeff Merkley231
- Richard Blumenthal224
- Cory Booker200
- Chris Van Hollen197
- Bernie Sanders179
What this means, and what it doesn’t
The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Welch’s bills; the toggle shows more.
Bill list
Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest
| S. 5618 | Judicial Ethics Enforcement Act of 2026 | Cosponsor | Sep 30, 2026 | In committee | Law | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Sep 30, 2026 |
| S. 5652 | Build American Efficiency Act | Cosponsor | Sep 30, 2026 | In committee | Housing and Community Development | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Sep 30, 2026 |
| S. 5669 | End Tax Breaks for Dark Money Act | Cosponsor | Sep 30, 2026 | In committee | Taxation | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Sep 30, 2026 |
| S.Res. 941 | A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of October 24, 2026, to October 31, 2026, as "Bat Week". | Sponsor | Sep 30, 2026 | Passed one chamber | Environmental Protection | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5299; text: CR S5270-5271) Sep 30, 2026 |
| S.Res. 942 | A resolution recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National Forensic Science Week. | Cosponsor | Sep 30, 2026 | Passed one chamber | Crime and Law Enforcement | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5299; text: CR S5271) Sep 30, 2026 |
Online
A site that changed 50 times in 90 days. Welch’s official site had 32 pages when last crawled on Oct 18, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Welch posted on Oct 25, 2026.
The lab crawls Welch’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Welch posts with a vision model.
Websites
- 32
pages crawled
50changes in 90 days
How to read the counts
“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.
Social accounts
- XPeterWelch
- FacebookPeterWelch
- Instagramreppeterwelch
- YouTubereppeterwelch
Images Welch posted
The latest 24, with model-written descriptions
A cropped, angled map showing parts of North Africa in light blue, with country borders and labels. Text appears on the map.View post 
A conference or business meeting in a hotel event room. Attendees sit at round tables facing a speaker on a small stage with presentation screens and a branded backdrop. There is text on the backdrop and screens.View post 
A group of four adults pose for a photograph in front of a branded event backdrop. There is text and repeated logos on the backdrop and on name badges.View post 
Three adults pose for a photograph inside a room with blue walls, shelves, a doorway, and a row of hooks. There is text on clothing and signage.View post 
Three adults stand in a classroom or childcare room. A woman on the left gestures while holding a clipboard and water bottle; the woman in the middle and an older man on the right listen. Child-sized furniture, a refrigerator, wall notices, and a bright wall light are visible. There is text on some notices and papers.View post
About the descriptions
Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.
Methods and sources
How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.
The headline
The headline is the measure on which Welch is most unusual among Senate Democrats, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.
The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.
A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).
Identifiers
- Profile id
- W000800
- Bioguide
- W000800
- FEC candidate ids
- H6VT00160, H8VT00034, S2VT00235
Bulk files with the same data for every official:
Freshness of this profile’s data
- What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
- Roll calls (Congress)Sep 30, 202628 days agoVoteview roll calls, 113th Congress (2013) on.
- Bills (Congress)Oct 22, 20266 days agoGovInfo BILLSTATUS: sponsors, cosponsors, actions, CRS policy area.
- Campaign money (FEC)Oct 22, 20266 days agoFEC committee financial summaries (totals, small donations) and itemized contributions (donor counts, states, employers), cycles 2020-2026; aggregates only.
- Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
- WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
- ImagesOct 28, 2026todayImages in members' tweets with vision-model descriptions.
How the measures work
- What politicians say
- Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
- Extreme labels
- A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
- Policy areas and agreement
- Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
- Ideology (CSIP)
- Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
- Campaign money
- Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
- Votes and key votes
- Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
- Peers and ranks
- Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.
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